Linotype-machine.



lNo. 886,646. PATBNTED MAY 5, 1908.

W. H. SCHARF.

LINOTYPE MACHINE. APPLIOATI'ON FILED 118.18.22, 18906.

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PATENTED MAY 5, 1908.

W. H. SCHARF. LINOTYPE MACHINE.

.APPLIUATION FILED n.622. 1906.

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PATENTEDv MAY 5, 1908.

W. H. SCHARF. LINOTYPE MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED MAB. 22 1906 4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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PATENTED MAY 5, 1908.

v W. H. SCHARF. LINOTYPE MACHINE. l APRLIOATION FILED MAR. 22. 1906.

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vwemtoz M tozmu Q/ Mx@ MN UN-iran sTAfri'Js WILLIAM HERMANN soHAn TYPE FOUNDRY OOMP'AN CANADA.

F, OFMoNTnEAL, QUEBEC,

Y, LIMITED, oF TORONTO, CANADA, A oORPonATiON l'on PATENT OFFICE.

CANADA, AssiGNoR 'ro YTORONTO LiNo'rYPn-MACHINE.

Nojssem- To. all whom Vit may-concern:

Be it known -that 1,'.W1LLIAM HERMANN SCHARF,` a subject of the King of .Great Britain, and a resident of. Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, Vhave'i-nv'ented certain new and useful lm proveme'nts Linotype-Machines, ofA which the following isa specification, reference' be ing had tothe accompanying drawings, formloing a part thereof.'

- One object of the invention 4is to improve in various particulars the linotype machine' shown and described in the Poe and Scharf y United 4StatesLetters Patent, 734,746,

V dated July'l28, 1903." ln this machine, the

mechanism for transferring thespa'ce bands' from. the assembler box back into the space band box has been found'to have a .tendency `to stick at the oint where it startsto turn from. the angle erating lthe slug lever or pusher than those v'illustrated and 'described in said Letters Patent which are o erated'fromv the melting 'pot leg; and accor ingly in the present case the 40 vslug lever or pusher is so connected as lto be operated from the rack-which serves' to furnish the rotary movement to" the Vspace ,band elevator. l v `The invention also includes .other improve'- in the'embodiment of these'I improvements special reference is made herein to the vassembling mechanism shown' and described ,in bler,

r by the line .14-14 in 12..

the aforesaid Letters ,Patenty and in my aplication forliett'ersPatentSerialNo. 237 ,427

led lien. 19, 1904.'

Specification of LettersPatent. Applicatien illed March 22, 1906. Serial No. 307,358.

' mechanism for. effecting thereofshownpartly in lband box.' n this or, receiving the space b andsfrom the assembler box to the angle'for the space bands into the 'space 'taken longitudinally throu the actuating bar for transferring t cation, to provide other connections-foi' 91p-,4

ments. relating p's'iiticularlyr to. the assem bling mechanism of linotype machines and.,l

| scale upon ,the assembler.

Patented May 5, 1908.

reference to the.

-describedv hereinafter with which they are accompanying'drawmgs in illustrated as conveniently' In said drawings: .Figure 1v is a view -in elevation of the space'band elevator, with the the rotation and the raising and lowerin elevation and part-y in section, the dotted lines indicating the position' of the elevator the s, ace bands to the'. space gure the galley and slug partially shown in for ydeliverin pusher or lever 'are also l'elevation and in the relation which ythey oc. y

cupy to the spaceband elevator mechanism. l Fig. 2l is a plan view ofthe 1space band 'elevator mechanism' shown in 1g. 1. Fig. 3 is also a plan view of this mechanism showing -the elevator'as it is advancing to deliver the spacev bands to the sp is'a detail sectional view, the plane or' planes of which areindicatedby the lines 4-4.in Figi 1. Fig. 5' is a detail sectional view, the plane of whichv is indicated by the line'5 '-5 in Ff .'1. Fig. 6 is 'a detail sectional view,

l and lpracticallyl ace band box. Fig. 4 l

the p ane of which is indicated bytheline 6-6 in Fig. 3.- Fig. 7 is;l a sectional view the .assem ler oi' assembler ox, a ortion of tail sectional views oi. the end ofthe assembler, the plane of both sections being indicated at 10e-1,1 iii-Fig.' 8. Fig-12 is a view in side elevation on a" smaller scale of theasbar indicated and with pot .broken @awa-y. Fig. 13 spective showing particularl ig.- 14 is a hori.

a portion ofthel dash 'is adetailper# l zontal section through one side of the assemthe plane of the section being indicated Figs. 15 and detail sectional views of this same side theplane of these sections 16 are of the assembler,

.All oi the improvementsitfill be moreiully being indicatedby the line 15e-.16 in 12.

i h the 'centerv of e matrix' ort with4 the actuating the 'adjustable Referring first to Figs., l to inclusive, the improved mechanisn'iwfor transferring the space bands from the assembler-to the space 'band box will rbe described. For a complete, ldescriptionof this mechanism, reference should be had to the Letters Patent abovellmen'tinedfor in the present case only so muchofgthe mechanism of the. improvements.'l heelevator proper two farms@ and i2 respectively, which are pivoted thereto, the latter obeing secured to a shaft v3 which is previded with a inion v4 meshing with another pinion 'v5 he d infrictional engagement withja guide o2 upon which the arm o is -free to move and rotate. The shaft o3 is substantially'vertical and is mountedto move longitudinally and has a movement of rotation imparted to it through suitable means'such as a pinion/v1 land a rack on; Througha collar andgroove connection i220- between the two arms v and of .the two arms are compelled to rise and fallv together while they are' permittedto turn horizontally about their different-centers.

ivering them respectively. When pro er angleforreceiving .the l space lands L an ,for de the. elevator Vis at rest betweenfits succes- 4sive .opera tions, -it is 'in the A.position illustrated in dotted lines, .in Figs.A l1 and 2'. After a .lin'elasf been cast, it `turns a lsubstantially horizontal plane to Athe'p'osition indicated in vfulllines in these .figures and.l then descends directly downward, without turnint-2.', until it has reached the assembler and has receivedv the space'bands Which are to be transferred to it from the assembler. W'hen ferred to.

the space bands lhave been transferred, it rises again and, without turnin ascends to the position of the full lines in Vigs. land 2. Then the rotation of the shaft o2 commences again andff'causes the assembler together with its su porting Aarms to move from the position in ull lines to the position indicated 1n dotted linesinv thes'efigures, in which posiz* tion it is ready to deliver the spacersto the space band box. All of this has beenfully escribed inthe Letters Patent above re- Inlthe rising and fallin of. the elevator it is desirab e-that its a gular position be undisturbed by the vibrating .of the machine and the like, so that it will proppositionvitselfwith respect to the assemb erl vand'will return to its `first positionl after receiving the space bands 'withoutehange. `This resultis effected by means ot willbe referred to v'as is necessary to a complete. understanding a connection'between the two arms which one of the arms enga vng in a corresponding elevator V hasthus risen to the full line pothe rotation of the shaft o3, as was said before, commences. It will be. observed particularly fromFig. 2 that in this position the four points, thel two at which the two arms are ivoted and the two at. which the-elevatorv is pivoted to saidarms, are very nearly in line with each other and it will not be diflicult, therefore, to understand why the mechanismtends t'o stick and am when the elevator commences to turn.

on center and means are cordan'ce with'this inventionto throw 'the mechanism off center justas the shaft o3 starts its' rotation. This mechanism kmay 4comprise a splring i222 so coiled about the wrists upon t e varms t and of that it will tendto push the upper arm vforward and the lower arm o backward, means being also provided lto sever lthe connection U21 between'the two arms as the shaft v3 com'- mences to rotate. This means may consist of `acatch o23 pivoted upon the frame .ofthe p forward movement by its square upper edge. Said means mayfurther include a lug i225, v'with an enlarged and preferably round head, u on'the .lower arm o which lug, when .the elevator rises, ,rides behind the catch. The latter isJ rovided with an inclinedy cam surface so t at when-the elevator has reached its highest 4point the lowe'r arm v will have .'connectionv21 (Fig. 4). a spring @22 comes into operation and still furt er separates the twoarms and therotation of -the shaft o3` commences.

to permit-the passage of the head of the lug "c25 'past the same lwhen the (rotation vcommences. l.W hen the space bands have been delivered to the space band box, the elevator remains at r'e'st inthe dotted line position until the neXtline has n turns from the position indicated. in the dotted lines to the osition ofthe full lines to receive the space ands from the next line, the lug @25 pushes the catch i223 bacloout of the way. The head of the lug i225, when it returns to this position, strikes a set screw 'U24 adjustable in a suitable bracket, so as to act y the proper point, to brin the arms vator descendsl In. this position, as already stated, the pin i121' drops into its recess.

In order to facilitate further the proper Hoperation of` the turning movement of the sition'with space bands contained therein,

Itis practically provided in ac-l The catch is so mayconsist of a spring actuated pin vzl'in recess in the other o the arms. After the machine and movable backward'but'held from 'been drawn ,back suihciently tosever the At lthis moment the l formed, as will be seen from the drawings, as

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been cast, when it rcsto themovement of the two arms at eX-y into the correct relation which tiey should occupy with respect to each other as the eleslot formed on the elevator nections el, this 'slide e, as will be understood, is in its that the machine may Asuitable cam on the end of the rack vlfwhich .the other endagainst a nut upon the piston slid'e e6, is made adjustable with reference to j of the dash pot and insaid bushing-a seat for elevator, a loose or sliding connection may be made between the lower arm v andthe elevator proper V This connection may consist, as shown .in Fig. 6, of a stud @2G firmly secured to-the wrist o2 on the arm o and provided with an `eccentric head engaging. in -a y l V and adapted 52l in the end of the dash pot ada ted to engage notches e in the exterior o `the bushing may also be provided to ad'ust the posif tion of the bushing in the end o ythe dash pot and thus to vary. the osition of the forward `end of the spring. he dotted lines in Fig. 7 indicate the iosition of the head cand the piston just be ore the pawl e isdisengaged tol slide freelyto andfro therein. This free connection will obviously eliminate the rigidity present in the original mechanism.'

The rising. and falling of the shaft v3 is effected, as described in the Letters Patent above recited, through a suitable cam, con-- nections being made between the cam and the lower end of the shaft. In the present from the -bar el? and the full linesindicate the. case, in ordei to render the mechanism as osition of the same parts just. after the awl frictionless .as possible, a journal seat o?? vas been. disengaged from the bar an 4the (Fig. 5,) is provided for the bottom` of the shaft and a--ball bearing 0.28 is inserted, between the bottom of the shaft and the jour-V nal-seat. f The connection to the cam is made with the journal seat whereby, as willv be readily understood, the shaft may be raised and lowered (Figs. 1 and 5). y

In the prf t case furthermore, the conoi rating the slug pusher orlever r, which ieciproc'ates to'act as a stacker for the slugs in the galley,are simplified. lnvstead of connecting said lever and themeltin potA leg, these connections comprise a spring has performed itsfunction of drawing in the end of the slide.

In Figs. 1.2 and 13, a scale e6 or line indicator 6* adjustable upon the side` of the assembler are illustrated. By this f means it is possible to gage the length of the assembled line and to adjust accuratelj7l the relation of the parts for lines of vdifferent 'lengtl-hs. One side of the. assembler is prefera visib etherein, and the scale is formedupon or 'secured to the lower slide ofthe slot.` The finger is secured upon the side of the assembler and projects through into the slot. For the purpose of .making the finger adjustable, it may itself be provided withfaslot and may 4besecured to the side of the assembler by a screwthe shank of which-projects through this slot. Inthis'way, whatever of the line to becast, the gage may be so set as to v,indicate vclearly when ,such aline is completely assembled or 'to indicate the partial assembling of. the line, orto measure the line or any part thereof, or to indicate the position ofthe slide e7 upon thev sliding parts for a line of predetermined length.

As it is desirable lto know just when the limit of any line, no matter what the length, is being approached, an alarm is'provided. This `alarm may comprise a bell e7", and a hammer e pivoted upon the side 'of the 4as sembler and provided with a cam e72 adapted to be engagedby nected with the lslide e, just before the assembled line is completed.. The arrangecoperateswith a roller upon one member of the two armed slug pusher r to effect the in ltermittent movements of said pusher.

The improvements upon the assembler boX orassernbler are illustrated in Figs. 7 to 16 inclusive; Referring to Fig.- 7, the mech-l anism for drawing back the head of the slide efinto the assembler will first be described. After the assembled line has been discharged and the lever es? and its associated parts have` operated to disengage the awl @15 from the actuating or transferbar forwardposition and lbut for the mechanism about t be'described` would project out of the forward end of the assembler, asindi-I cated by the dotted lines in Fig. 7, and by striking or 4 jai'nncing against ,the adjacent parts of the machine, wouldprevent the assembler from being turned back properly 'from its discharging to its receiving position. Tov obviate this, some 'such element as a spring @5 is provided, preferably inside the -dash pot el?, one end of the spring bearing against the forward end of the dash pot, and

the cam el, moving the hammer against' the action of a spring e and releasing the same so that the hammer under the yactuation of the springwill strike the alarm just vbefore all of the matrices and space bands have been gotten into the assembler which go to make awl e15 so j up the line. This' will allow one. or two be adapted or castingl more matrices or space bands to beinserted lines of different lengths, means areprovided l after the 4alarm is given. l

to adjust the tensionpf the spring e5 so that Iniorder to limit positivelv the length of a whatever ,may-be the vposition of the slide e6A l line so as to make doubly sure that lnoline rod ew of lthe dash pot. inasmuch as the the sliding parts which carry the the spring is formed. Means such as a serew and. a fingerthe length Y a pawl e.73 operatively con-v mentis such that the pawl cl3 will ride overv slotted so that the line is` clearly Will be presented t'o the. moldv 'which is too long, a positive stop is providedl in the assemling arts and prevent the slide. e7 from movl ingy the discharge of the line. -When the bler and this is illustrated particularly in Fig.'

8.v This stop may consist of `a pin ego vertically slidable in the assembler and held, when the assembler is in its receiving position, so.

that the upper end thereof will project sufIi- -ciently into the assembler to engage the slidackwa'rd more than a predetermined distance.

osition during the assembling of the line, a lio'rizontalpiecec81 may be provided upon the assembler support and the end of the same .may be rounded. so as to for'm a cam surface. 082 over 'which the pin rides when the sliding parts of the assembler are drawn backwardly 'assembler is turned back toits original posi- .tion and the handle e3 is released, the upper part of the assembler slides forward and delivered from theassembler.

draws the pin back over the cam e82`and upon the sup orting piece @81 again. The dotted lines indicate the position of the parts While the handle e3 is depressed and the vfull lines indicate the position of the parts While the line is being assemb1cdwith the handle e3 in its normal position.

The leverl e37 serves with the lever e and itsassociated parts (Fig. 12),l as was eX-* lained in the application aforesaid7 to reease the pawl e15 from the bar el after'the line has been transferred. inasmuch as the position of theslide e7 is changed from time y to time with reference to the pawl e15 that is -Withreference to the sliding parts, `to adapt such means as a rider .c45 adjustable upon the lever @37 or the lever @38 in order that these two levers shall alwaysproperly cooperate to release the pawl @15 after the line has been In order toprevent the pieingof the assemv bledline during the turning of the assembler from its receiving position to its 'discharging position, the end of the line is held both at l the top and at the bottom.

In theLetters Patent above referred to, paw'ls cl2 Were described to hold the end of the line at the top. In the present case, in addition to th esepawls for holding theline'at the top, a sliding member or-pawl actuated by a spring is provided to hold therbottom of the line. This member may comprisea pin @9 slidable in the upper part of theassembler with its outer end no1'-` ln order-to hold this slideinsuch a iniis thus Withdrawn fromthev mallyp'rojecting (Fig.'10). Upon the lower or fixed part of the assembler Aa cam piece @'91 maybe secured insuch a position that when A when the line hasy been completed and is.

ready to be transferred from the assembler tothe line support forthe casting), the projecting'. end 'of the pin eg Will rideupon the campiece and thepinwill be slid into the assembler softhatgits other Iend WilLproject asa stop for Athelovver end of the matrix line .into theintrior of the assemblerbox and act (Figs. 9 and 1 1 'by engaging one of the shouly,

ders on thelower edge of the end matrix.

It s ometimeshappens in the assembling of -a'line that one or more matrices or spaces will get into thewrong position or for some reason will have to be removed or changed. The .removal or. replacingl of any` matrix, which has been brought into the assembler and forms a part of the assembled line, has

been heretofore more or less of a clur'nsy operation for the operator. Hehas had to dig down into the. assembleriwith one finger or' with some tool order to raise thematrix which he Wishes to remove. To obviate thisl difficulty, the assembler `is provided with a.`

member @"5 (Figsilt' and 15) upon which the bottom of the matrix yline rests to some expermit the operator to remove any matri-X Without difficulty. In the present case saidl member is preferably trough-shaped, as shown in Figs. 14`yand 15, anda lever fe96 is pivoted upon the assembler and enga es the` trough-shaped memberes'ivhereby y the depression ofthe leverthe member 95 Willbe raised and lwith it theY line of matrices.

l The several improvements are obviously.

shown and described herein, 'and it is understood that the present illustrations and descriptionsare explanatory, there being no in- .tention of limiting the invention thereto. will be clear toofthat some ofthe improvements may be employed in other linotype machines than those shown and described in the Letters Patent and in the application'for Letters Patent referred to hereinbefore.

1 claim as my invention g-f 1. In a linotype machine, the combination With a space band elevatorhaving two supporting-'arms lpivoted thereto for transferring the elevator from one position to another, of connection to fasten the tWo arms in aparticular relation to each other, and means to unfasten said arms.

2'. ln a'linotype machine, the combination capableof other embodiments than those' I with a space band elevator having two supporting arms pivoted thereto and to the Ina-- chine for transferring the elevator from one said slideafter 4position to another, of a connection to fasten the two arms in-a particular relation tocach other with the ivots nearly in line,' and means to move t e arms off center when the arms have been u'nastened.

3. In a linotype machine, thecombination with a space bandelevator having two supporting arms pivoted 'thereto' for transferring the elevator from one position to another, of a pin to hold the two arms in al lation to each other, a studan 4catch to unasten said arms, and a spring to move said arms when they have beenunastened. V

4. In a linotype machine, with a space band elevator, a' rack for iinparting' rotary motion'to the same, a galley, a slug lever 'o erating as a stacker for the slugs in thega ey, and y y lever isoperated intermittentl from the rack.

v5. In a linotypemachine, t e combination with a turning assembler havin a slide acting'against one endo'f the assem led line vand tor discharging the same, of means to retract the discharge of the line.

6." In a linotype machine, with a' turning assembler having a'sl-ideactin against one end of the assembled line and for -dischar ing" the' same, of a spring-to retract said s ide after the discharge of the line.

7. In a linotype machine, the combination witha turning assembler having) a slide acting against one end of the 4assem '4 ing against .one end of the assein led line and ordischargingthe same, of a dash pot operatively connected to the slide, and a spring within the dash pot to retract said slide after the discharge of the line.v l

8. In a linotypemachine, the combination with a'- turning assembler havin a slide actled line and for discharging thesame, of a spring to retract the slide, and' means to adjust the. spring for long and short lines.

9. In a linoty oi an assembler aving sliding parts to transfer the line, a transfer bar, o tions between 'said parts an -vand short lines.

10.. In a linotype machine, tion of an assembler having sliding parts 'to transfer the line, a transfer bar,fopera`tive connections between said arts and bar, and alever on 4the assemb er sever said connections, a rider thereon to adjust said lever for long and short lines.'

11. In alinotype machine, the combinationwith an assemblerbox oi a stop to 'limit the line, a handle to' control the discharge of the line, and means .under control oi the handle to remove the sto from interference with the discharge of the line 12. In alinotype machine, thel combination with an assembler boxof a vstop to limit the line, means to control the discharge of f tion'oivy the assem ative relation with the sto articular re-- member to'limi the' length of the line,

the combination. `being ada means whereby said vthe matrices the combination supportin machine e machine, the combination -.sup ortin arms erative connecl bar, and means to sever said connectionaadjustable for long A f vance of the other. as

the combinaoperating to .a handle and a sliding porler boX, and a cam in oper- I whereby as the sliding p ortion of' the assem ler box is moved through' the operation of the handle, the stop is removed from interference with Athe disthe line includin charge'of the line.

.113. In a linotype' machine, the combination with a turning assembler, of a movable fixed .cam upon which ported durin the, com the turningo the assem tedl to move said member is suposition of the line, ler in one direction v said member ofi the cam and t 'ev turning oi the assembler in the opposite direction being adapted to restore .said member upon the cam.

!14. In alinotype machine, the combina-l tio'n' with a turning, assembler, of a sliding awl the end of the assembler to engage the lower end ofthe assembled line to retain]` during the movement of the asi sembler, and'means to slide said awl into engagementwith the line vwhen t e assembler ismved. 15,. In a linoty e machine, the combination withv a space yband elevator having two su portingarms pivoted thereto ior turnin` the elevator Jfrom one position to another, o means to push one arm in advance of the other as the arms start to turn the elevator. 16.- In a linoty e machine, the combination witha space andelevator having -two armspivoted thereto' and to the ory turning the elevator Jfrom one position to another, said. arms in one position aving their ivots substantially.inlinewith each other, o means to push one arm in ad- Vance of the other as the arms start to turn the elevator from said one position.

17. In a linot e machine, the ,combination with a space and elevator havin two pivoted theretoyand o the imac ine or turning the elevator 4Jfrom one osition to another,'said arms in one position aving their. ivots substantially in line with each other, o a spring topush one arm in ad.-

the arms startto turn. the elevator from saidr one positionl Y 18; In a linotype machine, the combination with a turning assembler having -a sliding-portion to receive the matrices,means for securing the -end of the matrix line atthe top, and a spring actuated awl in the sliding ortion to engage the en oi the line'at the ,ottom, said. pawl being adapted to be moved -intoengagement with the en d of the line against the action bf its s ring by a fixed portion'of the assembler w en the sliding portion is thrown into the assembler.

19. In a linotype machine, the combination with an assembler, of means' to elevate all of the matrices therein at the same time, said means being-located in the bottom of the' anda" iner'nber therein upon'which the nlatrees'are l adapted to rest, and a lever" to'raise and `lower said member.

" 21. In e linoty e machine, the combination with 'espace and elevator'havng two supporting arms plvoted thereto for trans-y errjngthe elevator from oneposltwn to an- I .tion of the arnrs when they are in e particelltO their descent." u

This speeioation 'signed and witnessed this 20th day' of March I1906.

` WlL'LIAM HERMANN summe.

Signed in the presenceof- 'JOHN SPEAR, t." f L40. SU'rCLIFFE.

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